Artemis III crew members, NASA astronauts Randy Bresnick (far right) and Andre Douglas (far left), pose with teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems in front of the right-hand aft assembly solid rocket booster segment of the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, July 10, 2026. The astronauts met with NASA’s teams and got a close look at the work underway for their upcoming mission. Bresnick, Douglas, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano will launch on the Artemis III mission to conduct critical rendezvous and docking tests with lunar lander systems in low Earth orbit, advancing the capabilities needed before astronauts return to the lunar surface on Artemis IV.